Janet Petro became the first woman to lead NASA on Jan. 20, after U.S. President Donald Trump appointed her to be acting ...

Janet Petro, a seasoned engineer and civil servant, has made history as the first woman to serve as both the acting ...

U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Janet Petro to lead the American space agency National Aeronautics and Space ...

"Yet, NASA will face a myriad of daunting budgetary, industrial, geopolitical, technical, and health and medical constraints ...

Several NASA web pages including restricted terms such as “diversity” and “inclusion” remain online as of Friday afternoon.

NASA’s acting administrator said in a Friday email to staff that employees should take an open-minded approach to SpaceX CEO ...

Redacted] As President Donald Trump's anti-DEI agenda comes to bear on NASA, we're getting a revealing look at what his ...

In a memo sent out on January 22, NASA employees were ordered to “scrub” mentions certain terms from the agency’s websites by ...

Then there are the actions of SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Last week he sowed doubt by claiming NASA had "stranded" astronauts ...

The space agency is working to comply with an executive order targeting diversity and inclusion at federal agencies.

To lead the agency down this path, Trump hand picked Janet Petro as the space agency's acting head — a nomination that's reportedly surprised even NASA officials — which makes her the first ...